Wegmans

An employee was retrieving frozen cheesecake slices from the bakery freezer racking and moved a box out of the way. The moved box caused a stack of boxes to fall onto her causing her fall to the floor of the freezer. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

An employee was removing rolls from a high commercial rack when a powered industrial vehicle struck the rack, causing it to move and the employee to fall to the floor. They sustained a left hip fracture.

An employee was stocking a tray of seafood in the seafood department when they lost balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a right hip fracture.

An employee was training a coworker to operate a stand-up forklift. The coworker attempted to turn away from the employee when the vehicle turned toward the employee, striking him and pinning him between the vehicle and a building column. The employee suffered a fractured left ulna and elbow that required surgery.

While trying to give a customer their receipt, an employee slipped on ice or snow in the parking lot and fell. The employee sustained a broken bone in the face and bleeding in the brain.

On November 28, 2023, at approximately 6:50 AM, an employee was struck by a cart containing a stack of plastic trays. The employee was hospitalized for three rib fractures.

An employee was using an electric cart pusher to move carts inside of the cart vestibule. The employee's left foot was caught between the carts and the cart door, resulting in two broken bones.

On September 21, 2023, an employee and a co-worker were moving a boat mold with a dolly. The injured employee pulled on the mold while the co-worker pushed from the front. The injured employee became pinned against another mold that was behind them, resulting in an abdominal pain and bruising to the lower back that required hospitalization.

An employee was struck by a loaded cart of dairy products that was being pushed from the warhouse to the cooler area, resulting in a right hip fracture.

The injured employee ducked under flooring materials that were on a cart being moved by another employee. The materials struck the injured employee resulting in a laceration under their eye.

Employee 1 was investigating a gas odor. While employee 1 was checking the equipment, a gas explosion occurred, resulting in a fire that burned the employee's face. Employee 2 entered the area and a second explosion occurred, causing burns to their face and arms. Employee 2 was hospitalized.

An employee tripped while walking from one store register station to another. Her forehead struck a register, and she suffered fractures to two vertebrae in her neck. She was hospitalized.

An employee was pulling a display shipper using the provided strap. The strap broke and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken wrist.

An employee fell down a flight of stairs to the floor and suffered contusions and lacerations to the forehead and lips. She was hospitalized.

An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.